School kids
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Cheeky kids! Nepalese kids we encountered are constantly asking tourists for pens, paper, books, sweets, or one rupee. At a military checkpoint (one of many we passed through to get to Kathmandu), these kids came up and Simon made the mistake of giving them an apple. He wanted to help carve up their apple and reached into his backpack for his knife, when they all climbed on board the bus with hands outstretched for any toys or gifts he was going to bestow upon them. He had to order them off because they were getting their hands into his pack!
We have encountered begging from almost exclusively tourist-impacted areas, which is a really sad impression.
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